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Smart Money Series: Common Myths About Banking Black

02

Mar

Smart Money Series: Common Myths About Banking Black

How much spending power does Black America actually have? Have Black banks failed to modernize? Are Black owned banks FDIC insured?

In the latest installment of our Smart Money financial literacy video series, we along with the African American Film Critics Association (http://www.aafca.com) and BMe Community (http://www.bmecommunity.com) break down the common myths of banking black to let you know what’s true…and what’s false.

Check it out and then head over to our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/oneunitedbank) to let us know if you have any other questions about the #BankBlack Movement!

Together, we can educate our community about money and the importance of the #BankBlack and #BuyBlack Movement. #SmartMoneySeries #OneUnitedBank

OneUnited Bank

Our community’s dream is now a reality! OneUnited Bank is fulfilling the hundred year old civil rights dream by garnering the savings power of our communities and channeling it back into urban communities for economic development. With your support by simply opening an FDIC insured account with great rates, we will continue to accomplish this dream everyday!

20 Comments

Nathan

Brandon

I'm a proud customer of OneUnited Bank. I recently opened opened up checking and saving accounts online and it was a seamless process. I also receive fast and friendly customer service anytime I need to speak to someone about my banking needs.I didn't even realize that the people actually believe the false myths mentioned in this video. However, I am happy to see that OneUnited is taking to time to knock out these myths via this campaign and the routine Facebook Live events. You have a customer for life!Thanks!

Eric Landrum

Thank you for reaching out to us Mr Landrum. At this time we do not have a branch in Ohio. You can open account with us online in any state. We provide the same services to all customers online in all 50 states. Please check out our website here for more details: https://www.oneunited.com/unity-checking/.

Kenneth Jones

Tina

I would have loved it if you had really focused on the modernization part. Most folks really don't believe that you can have all the modern conveniences of online banking with Black banks.. It convinced me to go with OneUnited. You need to really drive this home. Saying Killer Mike banks black...meh. Not too convincing for Gen Xers.

Jerrod Hinton

I recently opened a checking account with you. During process of switching my accounts over to you, I found out that oneUnited currently doesn't support digital payments (ApplePay, Andriod pay, or Samsung pay). Is that something you are working on implementing? I want to make oneUnited my primary checking account, but was very disappointed when I found out digital payments are not supported.

We are happy to welcome you to the OneUnited Bank Family. At this time we do not support those digital payment types. We are making note of these types of requests and are working on improving and increasing all of our services as we quickly as we can.

Ramona Muhammad

i would love to host a Bank Black party in my city where i help people open accounts with you! I felt like you all saw my page and named your new card after me...lol. is there any brochures that i can send for to give to people to educate them about the bank black movement? my motto is be deliberate! our oppression was deliberate so our rise must be deliberate!

We are excited to hear you want to host an event. We recommend sending your contact information and event request to our customer support team by using our online form here; www.oneunited.com/customer-service/contact-us.

J. Cooper

I am one of about ten hardworking Black people that have been practicing the Isuzu savings concept successfully for more than ten years. We are now ready to move from a personal savings club to a new level - Financial Investment Club. We have a target investment we are willing to risk our money in, but we need more financial literacy start-up information on the ground floor. Is there a person or persons in the Washington DC Metropolitan area willing to speak to, meet with, and/or work with our group? We are ready to BankBlack! Any recommendations???

We’re excited about your passion J. Cooper, thanks so much for contacting us.We love partnering with our community members, and invite you to fill out our Contributions and Sponsorship form on our website. (https://www.oneunited.com/about-us/community-education/contributions-and-priorities/) so we can learn a bit more about this opportunity and any possible next steps.

A. Harden IV

I opened an account here, in the wake of the Alton Sterling and Philando Castile killings in 2016. I have my wages directly deposited to this bank, and I'll soon get a secured credit card from here. I try my best to stay in good standing with you guys, because we need our Black-owned and operated financial institutions now more than ever!

Andria

This video was very nicely done. For it to have even more impact, if you had given a little more information with each true or false answer, it could have informed viewers and given them info to help you dispel the myths with others that they talk to. Maybe you can do Part II......Just a suggestion.....